Ke20 Exact Weight?

[ABORT]

Hey I'm new here got myself a ke20 I'm doing up.

 

 

Just wondering what the exact factory specified weight is for a late 73 ke20, 3k, 4 spd.

 

Looking into engine conversion etc and need to know exact weight to see what engines can legally go in.

 

I have had a good look through google, books etc and asked a few mates and all i can get is roughly 760kg?

 

Any help appreciated

 

Thanks

 

Jon

[Rolliac]

That does sound about right.

About the biggest engine you'll get in there is 2.2L NA or 1.8 turbo (roughly).

[Redwarf]

Contact your local transport authority and they should give it to you. That way you should have the figure that they'll work off.

[parrot]

Do they still specify the tare (?) weight on the rego papers or rego sticker? That would be the legally recognised weight from transports perspective.

[KE70-from-mt-panorama]

My 1973 ke25 used to have 760 as the weight on the registration sticker, took it for blueslip and it got changed to 810. And it went no where near a weighbridge. So by that change its legal to put a 2l turbo motor in by 10kg's.

 

I will check my gregories manual and get back on here (hopefully with a definate answer)

 

EDIT* No weight specified in manual. So an exact weight will need to be gotten off your registation authority.

Edited February 8, 2009 by KE70-from-mt-panorama

[philbey]

The change may be a change from dry to wet weight.

[KEhendo]

i got my ke20 weighed at a toymods dyno day.

 

1972 ke20, 4k, k40. 812kgs. standard apart from the replacement 4k.

 

my rego sticker says 750. :cool:

 

hope this helps.

[curly]

For weights they use the heaviest sedan weight auto, in the code of practice a ke20 sed is 778kg ke25 is 756kg, depends what state as to what you X by, talk to your engineer to get it right first time

[13BT_KE20]

I'm interested to see ow much my car weights now with all the "additions"

 

Hopefully get it on a weigh bridge soon and ill let you guys know, for comparison